My customized H001

[badrat55]

Hello everyone, thought I would share my H001 I've been working on.
I began by stripping the paint from the receiver, receiver cover and barrel band, and then polished them.
Then I added a large loop lever, and new wood from Henry.
The factory finish on the wood was hiding the beauty of the wood, so I stripped the factory finish from the stock, then hand rubbed 20 coats of Tru-oil on the new stock.
I then buffed the stock with 0000 steel wool for a nice satin finish

[PT7]

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Greetings from the Show-Me-State, Badrat.

Your customization is excellent; that is one sharp-looking H001. And especially so for me, a wood nut! Your wood stock sure turned out very beautiful, a unique view of this Henry model. Well done...a great first post!
PT7

[GFK]

Interesting. The receiver and wood grains do stick out more. Nice work. What may you decide to perform this transformation?

[CT_Shooter]

Welcome to the forum from CT. I'm glad you joined us. That's simply beautiful work. Thanks for sharing photos of it on your first post!

[badrat55]

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Greetings from the Show-Me-State, Badrat.

Your customization is excellent; that is one sharp-looking H001. And especially so for me, a wood nut! Your wood stock sure turned out very beautiful, a unique view of this Henry model. Well done...a great first post!
PT7

Thank you so much! I too am a wood nut, and love bringing out the hidden beauty of any type of wood

[badrat55]

Interesting. The receiver and wood grains do stick out more. Nice work. What may you decide to perform this transformation?

Thank you, I like to make everything my own, and stand out from the crowd.
I had a vision of what "could" be and had to make it happen!

[Les]

Great job!

I did much the same with my H001T, except I just used Renaissance wax on the stock after stripping the factory finish.

[ESquared]

Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing. As others have noted, great job transforming the wood from good to great.

I'm also interested in some details and close-up photos on what you did to the receiver. Please share...

[RanchRoper]

I'd pack that on my saddle anytime. Looks great.

[badrat55]

Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing. As others have noted, great job transforming the wood from good to great.

I'm also interested in some details and close-up photos on what you did to the receiver. Please share...

[ESquared]

Nice! Strikes me as a variation you see of "two-tones" in the semi-auto handgun world.

So, all the way down to the stainless (it is stainless, right, not an alloy??).? Did you apply a clearcoat?

[badrat55]

Nice! Strikes me as a variation you see of "two-tones" in the semi-auto handgun world.

So, all the way down to the stainless (it is stainless, right, not an alloy??).? Did you apply a clearcoat?

It is actually Zamak, an alloy.
I just stripped the paint with paint stripper, wet sanded with 2500, then 3k grit and buffed it with Mother's aluminum polish.
It still isn't perfect as far as a mirror finish goes, but I'm not done either! Haha!
Once I get it perfect I will clear it, as it is, after a couple weeks it gets a neat patina.
Easily rubbed back out, I leave it that way for a while then buff it back out when I'm ready for something different.

[Mags]

Like the other commenters, really nice work on the wood, that and bringing out the Zamak does make it really unique.

I'm curious to know how you knew the receiver was made from Zamak?

[ESquared]

Like the other commenters, really nice work on the wood, that and bringing out the Zamak does make it really unique.

I'm curious to know how you knew the receiver was made from Zamak?

No kidding!!! Zamak sounds like a planet from a Superman comic book.

Please tell us more.

[Mags]

Might not want to know the generic name, not very flattering.

In addition to knowing how badrat knew the receiver was Zamak, I'm also curious about which alloy of Zamak. Base Zamak (zinc/aluminum/manganese) is brittle. Copper and nickle are added in a variety of ratios to strengthen depending on the end purpose.

[Petey]

Looks Great!

Happy Shootin!
Petey

[badrat55]

I actually read about the material on here, then confirmed it with Henry. I knew it was some sort of alloy just wasn't sure what exactly. Thank you all again for the kind words!

[Lyman]

I had to read your post a few times. So this is the better replacement wood that Henry sells? And then you refinished it?
I agree with you on wanting to make it your own. Turned out great! Good job!

[Carver]

Nice job on the rifle and stock. I wonder if all the stocks have that kind of grain.

[jstanfield103]

That is Awesome looking, great job.